Singapore's PM Out-Earns Obama, Tops List of Highest-Paid Leaders
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Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, is the highest-paid world leader. According to the financial education website Investopedia, the head of the Singaporean government, and son of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, earns US$1.7 million annually, equivalent to approximately Rp 22.4 billion (approximately Rp 2 billion per month, based on an exchange rate of Rp 13,200 per US dollar).
Lee Hsien Loong surpasses Barack Obama, whose annual income was US$400,000 or Rp 5.2 billion. The former US President ranked third. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong held second place with an income of US$530,000 or Rp 6.9 billion. Meanwhile, Indonesian President Joko Widodo's annual income was US$56,000 or Rp 749 million. Jokowi's salary is even lower than that of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, which amounted to Rp 910 million per year.
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